Transitional Home ‘Means the World’ to Navy Veteran and Family After 14 moves with the military and two since retiring from the service, Navy veteran James Bowen and his wife, Karen, are hopeful that move No. 17 will be into their forever home. The Bowens and their three children settled in Zachary, Louisiana, after James … Continued
New HVAC Allows Air Force Veteran’s Family to Stay in Dream Home Air Force veteran Robert Osborne was surprised when he began having problems with heat and the AC in the Longview, Washington, home the family had recently purchased. He and his wife, Nychol, loved the house that was also home to Nychol’s granddaughter and … Continued
Septic Repair Saves Army Veteran’s Dream Home Hershel Tidwell was in the police academy when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred. In 2002, he decided he could pursue his plan of being a police officer while serving his country in the Army as a military police officer. He worked in the military police during his 11 … Continued
Navy Veteran’s Family Celebrates Forever Home After THV Program Navy veteran Clinton Patterson cannot say exactly where he would be right now without Operation Homefront’s Transitional Homes for Veterans (THV) program, but he knows it would not be in a brand-new home in the coastal town of Daphne, Alabama. The town, and the newly built … Continued
Military Spouse Grateful for Family Support Services With inflation causing food and other everyday costs to rise, Army wife Melissa Clark is always looking for deals to help maximize the family budget. She regularly checks Operation Homefront’s social media pages to see what kind of family service programs may be happening in her area. Most … Continued
Army Veteran Turns to Operation Homefront for Septic Tank Repair Kristopher Williams was a nursing major in college when his son was born with Marfan syndrome, a genetic condition that affects connective tissue. With his son sick, Kristopher took a break from college. During that time, he got to know his son’s nurse, a corpsman. … Continued
Army Veteran Looks to Her Children’s Future with Forever Home With baby daughter Rylee due to arrive in weeks, if not days, Army veteran Cheryl Davis did what many expectant moms do: She nested. Only her version of getting her home ready for the baby involved moving into a new house. The mom and her … Continued
Family of Six Grateful for Home During Transition out of Military When Anthony “Tony” Lancaster began his military service with the Army National Guard at age 17, he remembered the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our nation. “I wanted to do whatever I could to keep things like that from happening again,” said Tony, who went … Continued
Bronze Star Recipient Grateful for Assistance when Budget Got Tight As a child, Adam Lewis wanted to be a fighter pilot and even considered surgery to correct poor eyesight to make his long-held dream a reality. Instead, he joined the Army reserves in 2002 at age 17. That put him on the road to becoming … Continued
Veteran and Family Eager to Establish Home Base in Florida For career soldier Mike Christensen, 2024 marks a year of fresh starts as he and his family transition to civilian life after 22 years in the Army. He and his wife, Lindsay, and their three children began writing their next chapters from a new home … Continued
